Floyd Abrams Quotes
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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Love is a state of being.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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With 'Palo Alto' as the catalyst, I've surrounded myself with people that have kind of created a world where I can feel like I'm not gonna be judged for doing something that I want to do.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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I don't just want to support only Muslim women. I want to inspire women across the board, and I'm hoping they won't allow things to get in the way.
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Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.
